| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Textrous | Right to vote inspires fellow to think carefully (7) | 36 | 18 | Def: to think carefully; Right=R, to vote=ELECT, fellow=F, inspires=containment indicator | |
| 2 | Suyash Roongta | Perfectly bare ground to dwell on (7) | 23 | 14 | Perfectly bare = ERFECTL, ground = anagrind, dwell on = def. |
- This is very clever, but I’m not sure “on” belongs in the def. (‘dwell on’ ≈ ‘reflect on’, so ‘reflect’ ≈ ‘dwell’) |
| 3 | Ganesh Raman | Class monitor losing head about student remark | 22 | 13 | Class monitor losing head: PREFECT minus P; About (Containment) student (L); DEF: Renark (v.) |
- Student''s remark perhaps? |
| 4 | Ramki Krishnan | Think and vote again - choose female over male finally (7) | 22 | 12 | Def = think, REELECT (vote again) with F replacing E |
- Very good wordplay and surface, though the “and” seems to intrude. |
| 5 | Satyen Nabar | Think Romeo gets cold feet, in a tizzy around lady (7) | 15 | 9 | R + (C FEET)* around L; Romeo= R, cold= C, in a tizzy= anag ind, around= cont ind, lady= L, defn= think | |
| 6 | Mona Sogal | Indicate right, don't start to turn! | 14 | 11 | Indicate is definition/ right is R/ don't start to turn / deflect -d |
- Might it work better without the “to”? |
| 7 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Send back fellow splitting Republican vote (7) | 13 | 9 | Def: Send back. Insertion of F (fellow) in R (Republican) + ELECT (vote) | |
| 8 | @qpheevr | Think deeply about origins of France’s late eighteenth-century Terror (7) | 11 | 8 | “think deeply” = def.; “about” = RE; “origins of” = acrostic indicator: F.L.E.C.T. |
- Should the hyphen be there? |
| 9 | VENKATESAN P | Think about Arbiter approaching the French court (7) | 11 | 8 | Definition: Think about. Anno: (REF)(LE)(CT). Arbiter=REF. The French=LE. Court=CT | |
| 10 | N Anantakrishnan | Think about female liberty/ equality to begin with. About time. (7) | 11 | 7 | Def - think. About = RE F L E C(about) T (time) | |
| 11 | Abhay Phadnis | Chew the cud? Oddly, not true of alley cats (7) | 11 | 6 | Definition: "chew the cud?" ; even letters only ("oddly not") from "tRuE oF aLlEy CaTs" | |
| 12 | What showers do? (7) | 10 | 6 | Showers - mirrors | ||
| 13 | Show about dancing elf primarily causing trouble(7) | 9 | 7 | Def - show, about - re + fle(dancing elf) + ct (primarily causing trouble) = reflect | ||
| 14 | Engineers choose to replace centre of chest with fine mirror (7) | 8 | 5 | RE+ELECT-e+F. Def: Mirror | ||
| 15 | Spooner’s advice: “escape shattered mirror” (7) | 8 | 5 | Flee wrecked ~ spoonerism ~ reflect |
- Clever definition and use of Spoonerism |
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| 16 | Think about display (7) | 7 | 6 | Double definition | ||
| 17 | Parrot mistreated left, right and centre heartlessly (7) | 6 | 4 | Parrot: Definition; mistreated: Anagrind; right: r; centre heartlessly: ce; (left r ce)* : Reflect | ||
| 18 | Consider leaders resetting economic future, largesse essentially cheats taxpayers (7) | 6 | 4 | Definition: Consider; Acrostic clue indicated by leaders. | ||
| 19 | Ponder how a lecture sans you fails to start | 5 | 3 | Ponder (reflect) how a lecture sans you (lecture - U) fails to start (F) |
- What’s the anagrind? - Is “how a” supposed to be an anagrind? - What is the anagram indicator? What is the role of “a” before lecture? |
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| 20 | Think how mathematicians get more from less! | 5 | 3 | Think = def; mathematicians 'reflect' < (less) to get > (more) | ||
| 21 | Consider vote in another time, when the Middle East takes a step forward? (7) | 5 | 3 | Def: Consider; "vote in" (elect) "another time" (again) = REELECT; when the Middle "E" takes a step forward (alphabetically): re(E>F)lect |
- “Step forward” is a nice idea if not standard |
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| 22 | Echo fiery lecture getting loud, boycotting university (7) | 2 | 2 | Echo-def , LECTURE* + F - U |